This move pretty much makes him an outright liar, since last month he said, "There were the very early conversations and I quickly said that because of my loyalty to Star Trek, and also just being a fan, I wouldn't even want to be involved in the next version of those things. I declined any involvement very early on. I'd rather be in the audience not knowing what was coming, rather than being involved in the minutiae of making them."

I'm not going to trust a single thing he says from now on. Harrison IS Khan.

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Remember when George Lucas said there would be no Star Wars sequels, even after his death? $4,000,000,000 later he's changed his tune.

Actually, whether true or not, this story shows all that's wrong with journalism in the era of the InterWeb. If you Google it, a bunch of sites are picking up the story now and running with it, including "The Huffington Post". The only souce they all site for the information is the story from "The Wrap". Whatever happened to doing real journalism and confirming stories before running with them?

But if it is true, more power to him. He left "Star Trek" in great shape. It will survive. It's no different than a pro player leaving a team for a chance to go play for the one he's loved all his life.

It was always likely that each film of this new trilogy would be directed by a different person. I could see that as appealing to Abrams. He can do episode 7 and move on. But with Trek he feels like he has to oversee it now.

If I had a chance to work on Trek, I'd likely be reluctant at first... but then the inner fan in me would take over.

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Wouldn't mind as much if Matthew Vaughn wasn't in the runnings to direct. He's proven himself more worthy of handing a fantasy film with no need for lens flares and beating on the camera.

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Much like Zack Snyder and Man of Steel, Abrams will have to work within the framework of Star Wars. Disney will likely require lens flares and "shakey-cam" be kept to a minimum if not eliminated entirely.

If the Star Wars rumor is true, he'll likely be overseeing Trek 3 from a producers chair.

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My point is I think he would prefer that.

He will be the only person to be able to say he directed a Star Trek and Star Wars film. He will continue to only produce Trek and only direct one Star Wars. Than be able to move on to his own projects. Instead of always being asked about if he will direct the next Trek film.

Cant say I'd be sorry to see him go. I loved Alias but I’ve been under whelmed by everything he’s done since the last trek film included though he did do a good job of getting a wider audience interested in Trek than had been in years. I suppose he’s a sensible choice for the new Star Wars, his trek work was clearly very influenced by Star Wars.

Abrams is a much better director than Orci and Kurtzman are writers, so I'm glad to see him attached to a neat sci-fi project that those two aren't involved with. And ST09 had a very Star Wars-type energy already, so he's shown he can get the vibe right.

This move pretty much makes him an outright liar, since last month he said, "There were the very early conversations and I quickly said that because of my loyalty to Star Trek, and also just being a fan, I wouldn't even want to be involved in the next version of those things. I declined any involvement very early on. I'd rather be in the audience not knowing what was coming, rather than being involved in the minutiae of making them."

I'm not going to trust a single thing he says from now on. Harrison IS Khan.